September 27th, 2009 | 59 Comments
What is it about puff pastry? The mere mention of it sends shivers down every baker’s spine. Could it be the knowledge that it has 944 microscopic layers of dough and butter, which seem to break all laws of physics? You look down at your own two hands and think, “These two hands? All by […]
September 22nd, 2009 | 18 Comments
I know how much you all clamor to see other people’s vacation photos. Since I have your rapt attention, here are the best of what I could cobble together of our recent trip to Madrid and Barcelona. Most days we left our hotel room for fourteen hour stretches and I didn’t feel like lugging the […]
September 14th, 2009 | 29 Comments
You’ll probably want to throw tomatoes at me for saying this, but I don’t like frozen chocolate anything. Not chocolate ice cream, not sorbet, not frozen parfait, nuthin’. I’ve always preferred fruit flavors in my freezer. I don’t have a good explanation, but could theoretically defend myself by saying chocolate flavors are best and most […]
September 9th, 2009 | 40 Comments
I apologize in advance. I’m about to get someone hooked on this excellent dark chocolate. Here are 5 bars, totaling 13 oz, which should be enough for most recipes and some nibbling on the side. Since I’ve been carrying on so much about Valrhona, I figured it would be a great first giveaway. It’s a […]
I had a career going in advertising when one day I got the crazy idea to start over and become a pastry chef. Now I'll show you what I learned working in fine dining restaurants all over NYC right here with step-by-step photos. So grab your rolling pin and join in.
